First Nations Voice to Parliament

The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:52): Supplementary: Attorney, why not hold a plebiscite or a referendum at the next state election regarding this?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Deputy Premier, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:52): I am going to address this because it may be difficult for some to understand. Our very first policy, the very first policy the Malinauskas opposition, with myself as the shadow minister for Aboriginal affairs, released way back in 2019 was a commitment to implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart. In a Westminster democratic system what you do is take a suite of policies to an election and then you implement them.